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Saginaw's favorite son found himself entangled with Wizards guard Bradley Beal late in the first half of their game at Oracle Arena in Oakland, Calif., on Friday.

During a Wizards possession, Green blocked a Beal shot. The rebound found Kelly Oubre Jr., who shot a three-pointer and missed.

Green was boxing out Beal on that shot attempt. Replays aren't clear, but perhaps Green shot an elbow into Beal's midsection. Beal wrapped his hand around Green's face, and Green reacted by grabbing Beal's jersey.

The two tumbled past the baseline and into the first few rows near the basket before teammates on both sides huddled to separate the two.

When Green emerged from the pile, the back of his jersey – a retro one hearkening back to the design worn when Golden State beat Washington in the 1975 NBA Finals – was torn.

After the referees conferred and reviewed the skirmish, both Green and Beal were hit with techs, but later the refs decided to eject both Green and Beal.

A YouTube clip was posted of Green walking to the locker room after the ejection, where he could be heard yelling, "They had to get me. ... It been that way, though. They know it 'cause they can't hold me down. It been that way. Been that way. They never going to be able to stop me. They been trying to stop me my whole life."

The Warriors went on to beat the Wizards, 120-117

Green, of course, has a checkered past in the NBA with technical fouls and foul play, including his "inadvertent" kicks to opponents. Most notably, he got a technical in Game 5 of the 2016 NBA Finals, forcing a suspension in Game 6. The Warriors went on to lose that finals series to Cleveland in seven.

Green made news earlier on Friday for his staunch rebuke of Houston Texans owner Bob McNair, who reportedly said we "can't have inmates running the prison" when referring to NFL players protesting during the national anthem.